- What’s in a season? And what was your favourite ever Norwich City campaign? March 26, 2020 - Do you remember that scene in the Matrix, where Neo becomes ‘self-aware’...? For my football awakening, that was the summer of 1993. Sure, I liked football, used to have a kick around, emulated Gazza, Platt and Lineker during Italia ‘90, but I didn’t have a team. So my Norwich FC ...
- Heard the one about Pickles, the Jules Rimet & one of the few Englishman to lift it? February 4, 2020 - Banks, Stiles, Charlton, Hurst and of course, Peters. Names that roll off the tongue as effortlessly as if they were still playing today. And it’s easy to see why. Because they are amongst a select group of Englishmen to have ever lifted the World Cup. But it’s a lesser-known Englishman ...
- Gemutlichkeit, zeitgeist or simply a case of schadenfreude? Which #NCFC fan are you? January 28, 2020 - Having been in receipt of a German A level for 20 years (and sadly hardly ever using it) you come to realise that the Germans have a word for almost anything and some of these words have started to find their way into our vocabulary. Particularly if your beloved football ...
- Sporting Directors? We’ve seen it all before. The curious season of Rioch and Hamilton December 11, 2019 - In these halcyon days of directors of football, sporting directors, business managers and tiered levels of management, it’s easy to forget this is a path previously trodden by Norwich City FC. The summer of 1998 and the sight of two men, hands clasped in unison heralding in a new era ...
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